Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​Oct 11

If you could swap your smartphone for another device, what would that be?

You're strongly encouraged to explain your response.

#Smartphone #DumbPhone #FeaturePhone #DeathOfTelephony #Comms

Feature- / dumb-phone
28.4%
Tablet
8.4%
Small form-factor laptop
35.8%
A landline bolted to the wall with a dial face and no answering machine
13.7%
A telegraph key and/or carrier pigeons
13.7%
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Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽

@dredmorbius I already have it: an iPad. It might be nice to have a mini-sized device instead, but when I need a book I need a bigger page.

Ideal would be a cell-connected iPad, headphones, and keyboard, but in practice I can't stand bluetooth audio or typing lag, so I have two devices.

Phone with a big external screen & keyboard would have shit battery life.

Oct 11 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ⭕​Oct 11

@mdhughes I've been carrying a 13.3" e-ink tablet, the Onyx BOOX Max Lumi (Android).

It's ... excellent for reading and listening to podcasts. Less excellent at being a Real Computer, though bluetooth keyboard and Termux help immensely here.

I'm looking at laptops which would actually be a smidge smaller than that tablet in overall size (Framework 12"), but could run full native Linux.

Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Oct 11
@dredmorbius iPad's single-focus is helpful, you CAN multitask (and window, once bugs are out of 26), but mostly it has great apps for doing one task at a time. Pythonista, LispPad (Scheme), and Editorial (markdown with Python scripting) make a shell irrelevant… but I can always ssh to my desktop or server. And the 10.5" size is a lot less struggle to carry than 13".